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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 7 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  3. 3.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) green (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
  7. 7.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) dull, brownish colour (c) primary colour (d) pure white
  10. 10.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  13. 13.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and green (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  21. 21.True or false: yellow and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  23. 23.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and purple (c) purple and yellow (d) red and green
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  29. 29.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) red and orange (d) blue and purple
  30. 30.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.True or false: blue-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-orange
  34. 34.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) red and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and green
  35. 35.True or false: green is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  37. 37.🎯 Are yellow and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. secondary colour
  3. False
  4. True
  5. False
  6. red
  7. True
  8. True
  9. dull, brownish colour
  10. False
  11. False
  12. opposite each other
  13. True
  14. False
  15. not complementary
  16. blue-green
  17. True
  18. False
  19. True
  20. blue and green
  21. True
  22. yellow and orange
  23. yellow-green
  24. False
  25. True
  26. red and purple
  27. False
  28. not complementary
  29. yellow and purple
  30. True
  31. complementary pair
  32. True
  33. blue
  34. orange and blue
  35. True
  36. complementary pair
  37. not complementary
  38. blue-purple
  39. orange and blue
  40. False

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